Skip James, Jim Thompson, Charlie Patton, Leonard Cohen, P J Harvey, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, R L Burnside, Edgar Allen Poe, Son House, Blind Willie Johnson, Bob Dylan, David Mc Williams, Tinariwen, Dashiell Hammett, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Fred Mc Dowell, Nick Cave, Robyn Hitchcock, Dylan Thomas,
Bob LogIII, Captain Beefheart, Derek Raymond, The Black Keys, John Fahey, Reverend Charlie Jackson, Black Sabbath, Bert Jansch and Pentangle, The Fall, Johnny Dowd, The Handsome Family, John LEE Hooker, The Chocolate Watch Band, Howlin' Wolf, John Milton, Lightning Hopkins, Jessie Mae Hemphill, The Bassholes, Led Zeppelin, Dr John...
"GRIT,GRAVEL AND FILTH"- Blues Matters magazine. The Daily Mirror said: "Vintage film -noir vignettes and testimonies updated to modern times. Lovely"
That was my band Chicken Legs Weaver. Now I'm doing this solo thing, digging deeper into the roots of muddy rock music and trudging round with my beautiful burden and my shopping trolley full of primitive noise.
Hope to see you around soon.
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THE BACK TO WAX REVUE Tom Rodwell, Madame Pamita, the Borough Cat VS the Vulcan Cylinder Record Co.
*** Wed May 20 - The George Tavern, 373 Commercial Road, Stepney, London E1 0LA - 8pm £6 / £4 concessions *** Sun May 24 - The Luminaire, 311 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR 7.30pm £10 door / £8 adv from www.wegottickets.co.uk
Weep not for the CD! Presenting the Back to Wax Revue, live onstage primitivist soundclash featuring genuine wax cylinder recording sessions. Witness performers battle with the original medium of recorded sound, Edison's wax cylinder, state of the art circa 1877. Ponder how recording mediums affect music; what changes in in the midst of form and content?
FEAT: Tom Rodwell (NZ) - gospel-blues primitivist Madame Pamita (LA) w/ K. Boogie - the world's foremost euphonious prognosticatrix Borough Cat (London) - London's doe-eyed dude of dolorum VS The Vulcan Cylinder Record Co. of Sheffield, UK - one of only two studios in the world with the capacity to acoustically record cylinders in the Edison fashion, Vulcan is also the world's only cylinder pressing plant and label.
On tour in Yorkshire with blues guitarist Tom Rodwell - Madame Pamita, the world's foremost euphonious prognosticatrix! Coming all the way from the city of Los Angeles with her pack of tarot cards in one hand and a ukulele in the other, she brings a wagon-load of authentic rural blues, jug band and comic proto-jazz numbers to curious seekers. Romance and revenge and mirth and mayhem. Fans of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, Alan Lomax's field recordings or what Greil Marcus likes to call "the Old Weird America" will be in for a evening's entertainment like no other!
*** Tuesday May 19 - The Cricketers Arms, Coney Lane, Keighley, West Yorkshire / 9pm *** Thursday May 21 - The Harlequin, Nursery Street, Sheffield / 8.30pm *** Saturday May 23 - Lantern Theatre, Kenwood Park Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield / 7.30pm / £10 with Miller's Modern Music Hall
